Our Little Sister

"LET’S LIVE TOGETHER, THE FOUR OF US."

2015 2h 7m JA

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7.6

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★7.6TMDB · 592

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Synopsis

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After the death of their estranged father, 3 adult sisters invite their teenaged half-sister to live with them.

“LET’S LIVE TOGETHER, THE FOUR OF US.”

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Cast

Haruka Ayase
Sachi Kôda
Masami Nagasawa
Yoshino Kôda
Kaho
Chika Kôda
Suzu Hirose
Suzu Asano
Ryo Kase
Minami Sakashita
Ryohei Suzuki
Dr. Yasuyuki Inoue
Ikeda Takafumi
Sanzo Hamada
Kentaro Sakaguchi
Tomoaki Fujii

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Hirokazu Kore-eda
Writers: Hirokazu Kore-eda
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan

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ERA

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Released 11 years ago.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Hirokazu Kore-eda, shot by Mikiya Takimoto. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Yoko Kanno. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Hirokazu Kore-eda shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Haruka Ayase and Masami Nagasawa and Kaho carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "LET’S LIVE TOGETHER, THE FOUR OF US.".

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt3756788 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Hirokazu Kore-eda directs. Mikiya Takimoto behind the camera. Yoko Kanno scores. Hirokazu Kore-eda cuts. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

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Things worth knowing

1Released 11 years ago.
2Directed by Hirokazu Kore-eda, shot by Mikiya Takimoto. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
3Original score by Yoko Kanno. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
4Editor Hirokazu Kore-eda shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
5Haruka Ayase and Masami Nagasawa and Kaho carry the top of the cast.
6Marketing tagline: "LET’S LIVE TOGETHER, THE FOUR OF US.".
7IMDB entry: tt3756788 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
8Classified under 16 themes, including "japan", "funeral", "family relationships", "slice of life".
9Released under 25 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: Mikiya Takimoto
Original score: Yoko Kanno
Editing: Hirokazu Kore-eda
Production design: Keiko Mitsumatsu
Costume design: Sachiko Ito
Makeup / hair: Katsuhiko Yuhmi
Runtime: 127 min · 2h 7m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Box office: $346,485
Original language: JA
IMDB: Our Little Sister (2015)

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Reno2016-05-04
★ 6/10
A tale of four sisters living under the same roof. It was based on the manga series. This is from one of the best directors from Japan that I am familiar with his works. I have seen some of his previous films and I loved them all, but sadly not this time. To be honest, I'm not the fan of this kind of movies, but I have watched them a lot before and liked them a lot. This movie is totally made for the film critics and film festivals, but winning awards that I never understood how. They call it an art film, but not everyone going to enjoy it. There's no entertainment in it, nor inspiring. It was like someone's real life portrayed on the screen yet not a documentary. I mean it covered everything, every bit of that person's life, even that was not so important, but only to kill the run time. If you want to try it, make sure got lots of time, especially watching it with patience is very essential. So what I meant was this film is completely out of cinematic experience like what a film fanatic, families least expect from a movie. It was without the twists, turns, thrills, sad, happy, romance because of too much realism. In one word, it was a straightforward narrative. There will be no exciting developments, nor easy to predict. If someone is going like it, that might be mostly out of courtesy, and maybe for the cast and their performances and the respect for the film making or maybe they're somewhat close to this story. But individuals have their own reasons why they liked it, likewise I'm writing this review to say why I did not like much. Other than that, I don't see anything special in it to praise this product. "I'll be in your hands from now on." Don't accuse me that I'm totally bashing it, actually to me it was an average movie, which mean I did not hate nor liked. The best thing I found in the movie was the characters. Four sisters living under the one roof with love and care for one another. But the movie failed to focus them all equally by leaning too much on only a couple of characters. Like the title say obviously it centres on the 14 year old Suzu who's the youngest among and the newest member to join the house. But that did not bring the best story out of that character, at least not as what I hoped for. The photography was good, the locations were beautiful, especially in the opening that rural Japan. A brief view into the Japanese culture, especially the lifestyle of the young independent women. Frame by frame it gives the feel of you are watching an anime movie. I think I might have loved it if it was an anime, because usually a young girl or a boy theme is always a success. In this kind of film making, it is always the combination of the characters and the story. The characters were fantastic in this, but the story was not, hence I was disappointed a bit. I never interested in the gossip about someone's life. Maybe that's why I did not like this because I felt like it was someone's life which is nothing to do with me. You know normal life is too boring in reality as well as to see in a movie. But I still respect the movie, that's why I did not consider it a bad film. I won't suggest it, but you might like what I did not because of the different taste in the movies. So all I say is choose it carefully, don't let the ratings and the reviews deceive you, including mine. 6/10

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